Sam Walker's Desert Diaries
What's it like to actually follow your dreams?Desert Diaries is the brutally honest account of one family's move from the rainy suburbs of Manchester to the scorched wilderness of Arizona.Excitement, frustration, fear, joy, loneliness and scorpions. Quite a lot of scorpions. All life is here.For pictures, you can find me on instagram @samwalkerradio and on twitter @walkersam
Episodes
154 episodes
She only went and ran a marathon.
Come with me to London, for a truly memorable plod around the streets!For pictures, you can find me on instagram @samwalkerradio and on
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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14:58
Where have the months gone?
Time for a catch up!From floods to football, missing cats to missing ceilings, it's been eventful....For pictures, you can find me on instagram @samwalkerradio and on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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27:22
There and back again
It's been a minute! A lot has happened since we last spoke, including the small matter of going back to England for the first time in over three years...eep!For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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33:54
Howdy Stranger
Howdy Stranger Well...its been a minute and few things have happened. Time for a catch up! For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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23:20
The end or the beginning?
The end or the beginning? A week of wild weather, lost lizards and life-changing deliveries. For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 146
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13:21
Straight shooters and soggy waffles
Straight Shooters and Soggy Waffles There's some surprises in store as new politcial ads hit the Valley's screens, plus classroom confusion over points of the compas...
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Season 1
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Episode 145
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8:33
Diaries from a different desert
Diaries from a different desert From the valley to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas via horse shows and rodeos; a fortnight of mighty road trips across the south west....
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Season 1
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Episode 144
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14:30
FINALLY!
FINALLY! At last, after more than two years apart, my dad makes it to the desert! For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 143
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8:00
A state full of stickers
A state full of stickers From homes to cars to gas stations, there's an explosion (and an explaination) of the many stickers (and flags) across the state. Fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 142
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10:16
Which side are you on?
Which Side are you on? A national holiday reveals the widening political divide in the US, and ongoing conspiracy theories around the last election are alive and wel...
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Season 1
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Episode 141
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9:09
The Unwelcome Visitor
The Unwelcome Visitor In a not entirely unexpected turn of events, Covid comes a-calling to our family home. For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 140
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7:54
New Year, New Desert!
New Year, New Desert! Our first visitor in two years gives us a whole new perspective on our new home. For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 139
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11:42
The $9 Potato
The $9 potato We embrace local Christmas tradtions and are introduced to a new reindeer and a very pricey spud. If you fancy meeting Pedro,
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Season 1
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Episode 138
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7:54
Old friends in an old city
Old friends in an old city More adventures in the Big Apple, including a joyful discovery which brings a bit of British Christmas to the desert. For pictures,...
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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9:57
Reunions and Rememberances
Reunions and Rememberances A week in New York City brings joyous reunions and some pre-Christmas magic. For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 136
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8:31
What the heck is a panto?
What the heck is a panto? America celebrates "radical generosity" and the locals get confused with talk of pantos. For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 135
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7:59
Random acts of kindness and the trouble with leftovers.
Random acts of kindness and the trouble with leftovers. Thanksgiving rolls around again, bringing a surfeit of food and surprising acts of kindness.
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Season 1
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Episode 134
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11:47
Back to school
Back to school One week, two visits to two very different schools, one far more surreal than the other, plus unbelievable questions from the locals... For pi...
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Season 1
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Episode 133
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8:18
Dinner with Coyotes
Dinner with Coyotes As the clocks don't change, but do for everyone else, confusion abounds over when to do anything. Plus a luxury dinner with coyotes at some sexy ...
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Season 1
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Episode 132
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8:48
Illegal pumpkins and confused cowboys
Illegal pumpkins and confused cowboys Halloween passes in a glorious haze of facepaint and chocolate and a local has trouble talking to his British relatives.
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Season 1
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Episode 131
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10:26
Children of the corn and funny shaped cake.
Children of the corn and funny shaped cake. It's ramping up to Halloween in the Valley, which of course means pig races, getting lost in fields and appreciative zombies.
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Season 1
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Episode 130
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10:05
Marauding cowboys and the wrong kind of pie.
Marauding cowboys and the wrong kind of pie. A big week in history, both personally and for the city. Plus we discover the connection between cowboys and tarantulas. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 129
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9:30
The Arizona Big 8
The Arizona Big 8 We go on holiday up the road and spend a few days in the desert in the company of the Arizona Big 8... For pictures, you can find me on
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Season 1
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Episode 128
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10:13
